Yesterday, the people of Hoylake voted to adopt the Neighbourhood Development Plan for Hoylake. The NDP must now be formally approved, or “made” by the council, which will hopefully happen at the next full council meeting on December 19th. This is not just a tool for the here and now, it is a wonderful gift for future generations. With a resounding 85.6% voting “Yes” we all have a wonderful opportunity to make the plan even better for its next iteration in 2020. Have a look at the plan. What is missing? What doesn’t work for you? Talk [...]Read Full Article →

Q1. What is the Hoylake plan all about? The Hoylake Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) sets out additional planning policies created by and in consultation with local people to shape developments within the plan area rather than leaving this solely to the Council and national policies. It favours positive, sustainable development, delivered within a framework designed by the community. The plan is renewed every five years so new ideas can come forwards; new policies can be created and existing policies can be amended as required. Q2. What are the main ideas? Most people think that Hoylake is a great place to [...]Read Full Article →

A member of the public has written in with some questions: here is our response which we hope will be helpful for all to see: Dear Michael Thank you for your message asking questions about Hoylake Vision, the Hoylake Neighbourhood Development Plan and the forthcoming referendum, which have been forwarded to me and I am very happy to answer. All of the answers to your questions can be found on this website however I will happily compile a response to save you the time searching for and reading everything. Nevertheless this is necessarily a lengthy reply. There will be two [...]Read Full Article →

The forthcoming referendum: WHAT IT IS NOT It is important to understand that this is a referendum, NOT an election. As such, no group or individual(s) are being ‘voted in’; your ward councillors will continue to represent Hoylake in exactly the same way. Unlike the recent EU referendum, once in place, it is NOT irreversible: it will be reviewed and renewed every five years. If successful at referendum, the next iteration of the plan will be in 2020, having commenced in 2015. However if unsucessful at referendum the plan process will end and the NDP will cease to have any [...]Read Full Article →

The Hoylake Neighbourhood Development Plan Referendum date has been announced as 1st December 2016. Hoylake Vision urge all eligible voters to have their say in this important local referendum. The referendum question will be: “Do you want Wirral Council to use the neighbourhood plan for Hoylake to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area ?” You must be registered to vote by Tuesday, 15 November 2016 to vote in the referendum. A full Informatiion Statement and Information for Voters Sheet is available here. A “Yes” Campaign fundraising page has been established Read Full Article →

The “Yes” campaign for the Hoylake NDP has been launched today.The date of the referendum is not yet known but it will be on a date within 56 working days starting from the day after the publication of the Council’s Decision Statement (14 September 2016). The Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) Regulations 2012 prohibit us from using public money to campaign for a particular outcome in the forthcoming referendum on the Hoylake Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP). We therefore need to raise funds for our “YES” campaign from private and commercial sources. We have set up a crowdfunding page at Read Full Article →

Wirral Council has published its decisions in response to the report of the independent examiner. A copy of the modified documents that are necessary to comply with the relevant legal requirements before the plan is submitted to a local referendum can now be viewed on the council’s website. For further information, contact the council’s Forward Planning team on 0151 691 8110. Find out more about Neighbourhood Planning.Read Full Article →